You realise that the solution to the problem is probably the very technology we're sharing on! Imogen Heap has been pioneering using the blockchain to distribute music, enabling micropayments direct to creators. There's a website here dedicated to the project over at Ujo Music
@dave-hughes has written an article about it here
https://steemit.com/music/@dave-hughes/how-the-blockchain-could-actually-change-the-music-industry
There's also a research department at Middlesex University working on it.